A's Bistro

Ewa Beach *****
A's is definitely my favorite Filipino restaurant - in the world. Whenever my family and I are on the west side of Oahu, we always find some excuse to have dinner here. A's is a casual restaurant with about five televisions playing Filipino soap operas (how adorable, right?). I'm not going to embarrass myself by attempting to spell the dishes, but the noodles, soups, and barbeque pork dishes we always order are wonderful.

A's Bistro (Ewa Beach)
91-1001 Kaimalie St
Ewa Beach, HI 96706

Poleng Lounge

San Francisco $$$ *****
I have never seen so many young Filipinos in one restaurant at one time. This is definitely where most of the Asian population of USF hangs out at night. The most interesting Filipino menu I've ever seen, offering courses such as: Sizzling Sisig (Pork medley with coconut vinegar, onions, peppers, and fresh calamansi), Bo Luc Lac "Shaking Beef" (Tender marinated sirloin stir fried with nuoc mam red onions and peppercress), and Walu Kinilaw (Butterfish cooked in sugarcane
vinegar, lime juice and coconut milk, with thai chiles, toybox tomatoes and cilantro). I would highly recommend the crispy adobo wings, but everything was good and relatively cheap.
Poleng Lounge (Richmond)
1751 Fulton Ave
San Francisco, CA 94117
Daily 4pm-1am